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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

towns, villages and hamlets were being
polluted by the unburied dead, Lord Lyt-
ton and his senile court were luXuriat-
ing in the healthful airs of Simla, Civ
ing performances of "PinafOre,n into
which representation every man with
graceful figure and q note of song was
impressed, while the ladies of India, I'M
der the immoral influence of the gifted
viceroy, established q brief reign of con-
tempt against social ordinances, which
drew upon them the scathing rebuke of
DR.. Austin, correspondent of the London
Times, who referred to Simla society as
"leprous sore" and the ladies as
"sOiled doves" There were, however,
good men and true in the viCeregal
council who detested this fooling and
tiddlIng, and importuned Lord Lytton to
succOr the furnishing people of Madras.
Finally the government of Madras in
| formed the viCeroy that it was at the end
of its tether, and if prompt assistance
was not rendered, South India would not
| have a soul left to tell the tale.
Ghen began another tale of haste, hurry
and incapscity. Relief measures were
proposed and rejected, rejected and pro-
| posed. The bOmbastic Sir Richard Tenn
| pie, Governor of Bombay, became sort
of confidential adviser to the government,
which so exasperated the Governor of
Madras, the Duke of Buckingham, that
matters were brought to a standstill
while the gentlemen were quarreling
about infringements and presump-
! ton. 1t was, however, resolved that
| famine camps should be located in the dis
! tressed centers; that those unable to work
should be fed, and for those able to labor
work should be provided by the authOri-
! ties. Then came the harvest of the
! banjsh, the middleman of North India,
who brings up the grain. In the most
reckless manner were these purchases
made. EXOrbitant prices were asked and
paid till the local governments found
! themselves bankrupt, and were admins
tered severe snubbing by the viCerOy,
and grain rate was fixed; money was
borrowed from the native money lenders
at ruinous rate of interest, and the game
Of famine relief was pursued with vigor.
! Thousand of CentalS were poured into
| Madras and rOtted or ere stolen. Then
the intelligent Madras government sug-
| geSted that Eur, pean officers be sent to
the presidency to organize the distribu-
ton of the grain and money, Again Lord
LyttOn showed his inability. The de-
partment of the Northwest was ordered
to send every available man south. Their
expenses were to be paid, also that of a
horse, servant and an entire camp equip
age. The officers were to receive rs per
cent. increase of their pay, and % cents a
mile for every mile travelled when on
duty
The average Indian official, especially
when young, is utterly devoid of con-
science, and many a young fellow de-
clared his inability to move under 500 to
1000 rupees, which was paid without a
murmur. He was also furnished with an
order either on the Bombay or Madras
presidencies for more money ''if re
CURED" Many gay hearted fe llaW
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

started south with many brandy bottle,
and between the brandy and the famine
fever there was no final settling. The
writer was in Naini Tai, in the Himala-
yas, on sick leave, when he was fur
nished with command to report at
Gooty, in Bombay presidency, made
famous by Lora Macauley's wonderful
description of its fortress and rock, for
orders. At Bareilly, at the foot of the
hills, he fell in with several others bound
on similar duty and all literally supplied
with money. In fact an F. O.-femine
OffiCer-was prize to the liquor dealers
and hotels. Here there seemed to be
much distress, and as we looked at the
scrswny bodies of the wretched natives
who were picking up the grain which had
fallen from the cars on to the track, the
remark was made: "By Jove! we ought
to be famining it here" All through the
northwest was distress; through the cen
trail provinces the people seemed even
condition was even worse; but
when we reached Madras there
broke in upon us the horrors of hunger.
From the winkows of our carriage we
could see villages without human being,
and there upon the ground lay stretched
the dying and the dead, and we had to
close the windows to shut out the polluted
air. Men, women and children, horses,
dogs, COWS, jackalS, lay dead together.
Above was pitless blue sky, without
! speCk or blemish. On earth was q
parched ground, wells without water,
; river beds dry, the huge lakes without
moisture. Of vegetation there was not q
| green thing, and for nigh three years had
! it so been, until all the surplus grain was
gone, and there was nothing to do but lay
! down and die.
After being delayed week at Gooty,
where, at the government expense,
| lived sumptuously, l was ordered to
Madras, where l did not fare so well, but
was finally ordered to Tinnevelly, the
most southern state in all India. From
! thence was sent to OOtipadaram, where
the collector had established a huge
camp, and where 10000 to ~, 900 paupers
were being fed. The village of Ootipada-
ram sits on huge treeless plain, which
plain in better years raised vast amounts
of grain and the village was the most
! thriving of that district. But now its
rich Brahmins were dead. Use to life
of ease and plenty, they had
been the first to sucCumb to want
and privation, and there, in their
houses, with their hands clssped across
their knees, or writing on the floor in
agony, they had gasped out their breath
calling On God for succor. Women who
were once beautiful lay dead with their
children in their arms, and on the putrid
bodies--on the grim skeletons-lay golden
anklets, bracelets, earrings, and the fine
golden platter which adorns the wealthy
Brahfnin women's head. Jewels fit for
crowned heads lay scattered about-jew-
els which had been offered for handful
OF Hiliet, and had been refused, and
Through all this glory and misery stalked
sSthe professional begger, poking and pray
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
HORRIBLE FAMINE.
Huge Districts of India Entirely De-
populated by the Frightful Famine
OF 1873 ana 1879.
Men, Women and Children, Horses, Dogs,
Cows and Jackals Lying To-
gether in Death.
San Francisco Chronicle.

More disastrous to India than any sim
liar period in this century was the latter
half of 1873 and the early months of 1879,
for it was in this period that there ragged
SO fearful famine that many huge dis
tricts were entirely depopulated while
others were so crippled by death end dis
ease that their recovery will be a matter
of years. Not only was south India as
sailed with this disease but even the fer
tile valleys of the Jumna, the upIsnds of
the northwest and the nillsIdes of the
Himalayas. The periods of famine are
not rare occurrences in India. Bengal
and Lower Bengal have been repeatedly
sCourged, but the distress in these pro-
vinCes has never been of so severe a
nature as that of the great famine. In
Bengal, transportation is easy. 1t has
railroad facilities, its noble rivers, pene-
trating into the very heart Of the jungle,
flow through gigantic cities whose marts
can be supplied with rice from Burmah
Snd China. But it is otherwise in the be-
nighted presidency, where in 1888
there were very feeble transportation ar
engagements. It's only large river, the
GOdavery, has its course through q Coun-
lEg WuGIG luG OlSllCSS Was UuG SlISuL, NOu-
sequently the food supplies had to be IN
ported either by sea and unlsden in the
most dangerous rOadstead in the world,
whose surf is the terror of the traveller
and the delight of the artist, or by a rail-
road whose chief duty lay in getting
blocked when under any extra pressure,
and by the clumsy bandl, two wheeled
continuance drawn by slow but patient OK
teams. So while the government was
strainiDg its every department by inquiry
to meet the evil, while the railroad sta
tions were bIockaded with grain laden
cars, and steam coasters were dropping
bags of rice into the Madras roa6stead
instead of depositing them on shore,
millions of men, women and children
were dying that most horrible of deaths
slow starvation.
Although Sir LepeI Griffin, erstwhile
Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, has
declared in English periodicals that he
would as lief live in Russia as in the
United States, it must be admitted that,
perhaps with the exception of Russia
there existed no more despotic or feeble
government than that in India under the
viceroyalty of Lord Lytton. Like the
Russian Gear, Lord LyttOn refused to be-
Heve when it was to his interest to dis
believe. In vain the papers referred to
Slmla as the Capus of India. While
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
Sirup of Figs

Manufactured only by the CaIifornia FIG
Sirup Company. San Francisco, Cal, is
natures own true laxative. It is the
most easily taken and the most pleasantly
effective remedy known to cleanse the
system when bilious or costigeg to dispel
headaches, colds and fevers; TO cure ha-
bitual constipation. Indigestion, etc. For
sale in 80 cents and 81 bottles by King &
Voigt, druggists, Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
PALESTINE

a Family Difficulty Results in a Shooting
"A Negro Womsn's Sudden Death.
Special to the Gazette.
PALESTINE, TEX, April IL This at
ternOOn q difficulty occurred between
Hampton Mayfield, who is employed in
the railroad shop, and John Lynne, an en-
gineer at Mayficld's fathers residence on
Sycamore street, which resulted in LYNNE
being shot in the left side of the neck, the
ball going through and coming out at the
back OF the shoulder The parties are
brothers -in-IaW, and a family difference.
the particulars Of which cannot be
learned, brought on the difficulty. Nav
field asserts that Lynne threatened to
knock his brains out, and ATTEMPTED to
strike him with chair before he used
his pistol. Lynne is badly wounded,
though not necessarily fatal, and is now
at the Gould hospital. MayfieId is under
arrest. He has heretofore been most
peaceable and industrious young man.
Yesterday morning the wife of
Houston Hooker, COIored, who lives
two miles south OF town, was re-
ported to Hooker to be down with a sud
den spell of some Kind. The neighbOrs
collected, but the woman never rallied
and died in two hours. A large oruise
over her left eye and Hooker's former
brutal treatment Of her gave rise to sus-
picion and he was placed in Jail and
jury of inquest summoned. After par
tial investigation, in which q physician
testified that the bruise over the right
eye was blister and that ne had treated
the woman several years for heart dis
ease, the jury adjourned until tomorrow.
Hooker has not been accused for his cruel
treatment of his wife. who is quite old.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
Hosiery, Laces,
Hamburg EmbrOideries
and AllOVerS.

We shall have on sale tomorrow and
until sold out, the following lots of Hos
iery:
IstLot. 382 doz ladies' full regular extra
long Balbriggan Hose, in light, medium
and dark tans, medium and dark brown,
garnet, cardinal, also black; either all
solid or half white feet. These are very
elastic and very fine gauze goods; our
price, 25c-aCtual value, 400.
ID Lot. 600 doz. assorted Hose, in
misses and boys full regular goods, both
plain and ribbed; Sizes, 81, 6, 81, 7,75,
s, 81; prices-l5c, 2Oc, 25c; exceptional
~ good value.
Sd Lot. 2I7 doz. ladies' imported genu-
inc Isle Hose, full regular, extra lengths
and IN all the fashionable shades Of tan,
brown, garnet and blue, also black. We
make the price 40c pair-market value,
Coo 4 pair.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

be no doubt, but praise must be accorded
to the individual officers for their en-
deavors to do their duty. Some estimate
can be formed of the prevalence
of the distress when it is stated
that the province of Mysore lost
over 100000 Of people. Perhaps no
other country would have done better
under similar circumstances.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
COIOred Hamburg EN-
brOideries and AlIOyers.

An assorted lot of 200 pieces coIored
Hamburg Embroideries and AllOVers to
match, in medium and navy blue, cardi-
nal. garnet, also black edges, IOc to soc
per yard-worth, 25c to 81 90 per yard;
AIIovers, 75c to s. .50-worth $I25 to
$500 per yard.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
LaCes, FlOUnCings and
AIlOVGrs.

800 pieces assorted Laces, including all
new classes of Lace, both cotton, linen,
wool and silk. Prices tiCketed in plain
figures.
800 pieces white cream and two. toned
Oriental aud Egyptian Laces, in all
widths from to 80 inches. Prices-l0c,
15c, 2UC, 25c and up to $3.50 per yard.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

Don,t yield to Ihe9natism till you have tried
OF all the pQp6iar fayOrites the genuine an.
tlcle Is Dr. B1tfs Cough Syrup. "a cents.
= - -
Tho FINEST Rszors IN the World
at AndeTsen's gun store.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

Family Difficulty Results I'm a Shooting
"A Negro Womsn's Sudden Death.
Special to the Gazette
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

The
ladies' invaluable
in London and New York afford to be without
E1cCods celebrated Patterns sale
Catalogue mailed
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
White Goods.

200 pieces white Victoria Lawns, at sc,
Sc, 1Oc, 124c, 15c, zoe and 25c.
500 pieces white India Lawns, at 1Oc,
I2dc, I5c, zoe, 25c, 35c, 4Oc and SOC.
% pieces Bulgaria white Lawns-an
entirely new and very beautiful cloth-S2
inches wide; price, 25c.
In this Department you will find exhib-
tied in grand style all the new effects in
Egyptian, Dimity, Block Lawns, Persian
Lawns in all coIors, including black.
Handsome effects in American, Eng
lish and French, plain, plaid and striped
black Lawns, zoe, 25c and SOC per yard.
24G2 yards of all pure linen printed
Dress Linens-very fine count. Price
made on them, 25c; richly worth 4Oc per
yard.
80 pieces assorted colored Crinkle
SeersucKers, &c to 25C.
400 yards of assorted French Zepyr
Ginghams, in the very latest combination
of shades, including heliotrope-positive
Iy as handsome as a summer silk. Our
price for them, 20c; actual value, ACC.
We have made our arrangements for
and confidently expect to do an immense
business in White Goods.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-09

stoux Indians Supposed 70 be tr-
NIY4 fNendiv. 10.
Fort CUSTER, M I. June 8. A special
to the Independent ays: A large party
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SILVER nULlIaS CERTIFICATES.
Ordered Llsied In the New York stock
Exchange.

New YORK, June 9,-Ths party, COM
prising ex.Treasurer Jorden, E. X. viii
tired and J. r, Mccormick, which has
been naking . hard fight to have certifi-
sates representing silver bullion placed
upon tbs regular list Of the Now York
Stock Ekehang-,i succeeded iu their pur-
pose to-day. the tiossrp'ng Committee at
their meeting. after. an animated discus
sion, ordering that silver bullion certiti.
Gates be placed IN the regular list and
classified a. ''Mining Affairs. The GER
tificates are for 1000 ounces OF silver,
1000 fine, deposited with the Mercantile
Trust Co. Of New York. and registered
with the Western National Bank.
THE OMAHA WALKING MATCH.
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ESCAPED FRoa rHs neRnoNs.


Nrw Yonk, June 9 Eleanor Pastor
arrived from the West to-day. She says
she, with l6 other young ladies. was
brought from Cornwall, England. by
Elder Bascom of the Mormon Church,
and were taken TO Salt Lake city. Miss
PASTOR and friend named Amelia Cligg
were assigned to Elder Bascom. They
did not ake the looks ct his other wives,
and made their escape from the house
before the ceremony Of sealing" them
took place. Wandering about they met
Elder Junius Wells. who took pity on
Aaem, dressed them in mem clothes, gave
thsr some money and put them on board
. train for the States. Wheu at q safe
distance they made known their sex to
some ladies. who fitted them out with
clothes At Omaha lady took q fancy
to Miss Cligg, and provided home for
her. Miss PASTOR came on here, having
. friend in Brooklyn.
sILyEx BULlIoS CERTIFICATES.
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of Sioux Indians 10 on the way
from Rosebud Agency to visit the Crows.
Agent Williamson has applied by tele-
graph to the department at Washington
for authority to send troops to intercept
them. From previous acts of these In
dians it is thought their visit is anything
but friendly
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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A Man and Team Killed.

HYDE, Colo, June 9.-John Brehn and
father, while driving home from Hyde
last evening, were struck by lightning.
killing the son and both mules outright,
and stunning the old gentleman, who
wandered around on the prairie until 4
o'clock this morning, when found by the
neighbors. . fser e t5e ,Fer
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THE CRows PRINCES THROAT.

Another Operation By Br, Mckenzie
BERLIN, June 9.-Dr. Mckenzie OF
London to-day performed a second opera
tion on the tumor 90 the Crown Prince g
throat. and successfully removed another
portion Of the growth. Cocaine was used
to deaden the sense, so that the operation
was almost painless
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TELECRAPHiC NEWS.
THE RENEGADE APACHEs.
Raiding Through ArIzona-A nrothor
OF Mayor Grace Killed by Them.


OF Mayor Grace Killed by Them.
TUscos, A. T., june 0. News was re-
ceived here this morning Of the killing of
Mike Grace and the narrow escape OF
Billy Williams and Billy Lee from two
Apachss at Thompson Gulch, So miles
south Of Crittenden. There rs ne doubt
that the Indiass have ssparated~ in two
or more parties, one of WHICH has. s.alrssdy
escaped iuto Mexico. Their signal frss
were seen iu Santa Rita mountains Mon
day night. Capt Smith reports BY
courier to-day that he can find no trace
of any hostiies near Moantain Springs
whicd would prove that they have passed
his troop and are nov between Lieut.
johnson aud Capt Lawton. but will
probably resclr tae Sonora line. They
have made about 10 mics day since the
killing Of Diehl Ia the Santa Cstalines.
Lieut.. Johnson has orders to pursue them
even iuto Mexico The hostiles must
have crossed the railroad near Pontano. :.
Picked men left Fort Apache last evening
to try and head off the band of Indians
seer ON the Santa Ritos Monday even
ing. ,g
From present appearances ell hopes OF
peaceabs return Of the renegades has
been abandoned and their extermination
rs the order OF the day. 4 N.r.
Mike Grace, who was killed this NOR
ming, ia a brother OF Mayor Craze OF New
York. 4U HEff#
ESCAPED FRoa rHs nORnoNs.
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A California Horse wins the VAIN.
wright stakes. E
ST. LoUIs, Mo-, June 9.-Baldwin' 5
volaute won the Wainwright stakes in
the mile aud quarter race; time, 2:l8
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COAL NINE ExPLosIeN.

The BeAies Of 81 Men ReeSvered.
LONDON, June 9. An explosion Of fire.
damp occurred in . coal.pit at Gelsikir.
chen, id westphAia. this morning. Tbs
bodies of forty -ous persons killed by the
explosion have been recovered, and
twelve more are believed to be dead.
PRoDuBlTlON IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
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THE SILVER STATE.

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RArgs OF ADVERTISING

Que Square 90 lines) first insertion. .'.sz ~ ~
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OMAHA, Neb., June 9.--The score IN
the six day walking match begun at mid
night Sunday night was as follows at
$50 last evening: Hart. POI miles;
Press, 200 miles; Cleary, lS5 miles; Har-
rison, 100 miles; Hoffman, l72 miles;
Smith, l64 niles; Gregg, l7O miles.
UxwEHOME vIsITORs.
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The COnstttulf0nai Amend0ent De-
feated in the House.
BosToN, juno 9.--The Constitutional
Prohibitory Amendment was defeated in
the House to-day by g vote of 139 to "a.
Not the necessary two-thirds.
TnE ST. LOUIS RACES.
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SANTA ABLE, r'
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-16

CHICAGO. April 10. A panic was
created among ths inmates Of the eoun-
ty jail shortly before 1890 o'clock this
morning, by the knoVledge that hre
vas 10 progress In the insane depart
ment Of the Jail. An insane man. who
had been inoarcerated last week, bad
succeeded by some means in firing his
bedcloshing, and the smoke quickly
psrmeatsd the Jail corridors. An alarm
was sounded and q number Of engines
were quickly ct the scene. bat the fire
was soon extinguished by the jail Gre
department. No one was injured and
the loss was slight.
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obscene Paper Raided.

TROY, April IA gang Of unknown
men raidsd the efiice OF the 0t0l, an
obscene weekly paper published in this
city, this morning. The proprietor. J..
Pafie, was not on the premises at the
Foreman Oonant, who says that the
him one or two questions, beat him ever
the head with clubs until he became
unconscious, and that be recovered be
found the type all pied, the imposing
stones broken and the office in gen
eral chaos. Recently the 0tpl has been
noted for the Violence of its attacks on
the Knights OF Labor, and the foreman
claims that he recognized several of the
attacking party as members Of that
Order.
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BUKSA VISTA (Cal.), April 15.-At s
o'clock last evening premature blast
killed six men and wounded seven at
the camp Of KyneF. while working in
sixty-foot cut on the Midland grade,
near Buena Vista. A twanty-feot hole
had been put down and sprung twenty
kegs Of blasting giant powder. The
foreman was loading q charge, and
when be had filed In ten kegs. the
charge prematursly discharged. throw
ing masses of rock In the cut where
thirtaen men we're working. instantly
killing six and wounding seven. The
wounded include Mr.. Bernard. one ef
the firm, bat he 10 net fatally wounded.
The dead lie at the morgue here. The
names Of the dead are Tim Sullivan.
William Con way, W. 8. Corooran, VIII
liam 0'Neill, William Copes and one
unknown man. The wounded are re-
oeivine the best of attention by Mr.. j.
Il. Griffith, who is in charge Of the camp.